Meeting Charlotte

It has been a busy week so I apologize for the delay in this post. Last week was a good one for training. I got in runs of 4 to 7 miles three days and a couple of rides. On Thursday I was lucky enough to meet Charlotte O'Shea. Charlotte is the daughter of a High School classmate of mine. Charlotte also suffers from AT/RT, a rare pediatric brain tumor. She was diagnosed with this at 2 years old and fortunately she just celebrated her 6th birthday. Charlotte is the Team Lick Cancer's (the team I ride with)pedal partner. We also have targeted all of our fundraising money to go towards finding a cure for AT/RT. On Thursday we met Charlotte at a video shoot. The purpose of the shoot was to raise awareness of our team and of Charlotte. Once the video is edited (there has to be alot of editing to make us look good!), I will post a link. Charlotte was a pro with her lines and she is the best hulu-hooper I have ever seen.
Earlier on Thursday I got a little ride in with a teammate, "Realtyman". We rode from my house up into Harvard Center and back. We didn't have a lot of time but it was a nice ride.
On Sunday I got out for another 30 miler. I went the same loop as a week ago. The wind was strong in places so it was a much harder effort. I am going to shoot for three hours for the next one.

Quick after work ride

Untitled by sagaebel at Garmin Connect - Details

First Ride by sagaebel at Garmin Connect - Details

First Ride by sagaebel at Garmin Connect - Details

Here is the data from my new Garmin Edge 705 from my first ride. Too much data but kinda interesting.

Easter and my first real ride of the year

So yesterday was Easter and I finally got out on the roads. In the morning we had a little Easter breakfast and an egg hunt. Jordan was able to find all her eggs so I think the Easter Bunny will have to hide them a bit better next year. After the hunt I headed out. I had my new Garmin Edge 705 GPS on my bike so I was extremely anxious to see how it worked. It is better than I could have imagined. It measures speed, heart rate, cadence, evelavation gains and calories burned. Once you are done with a ride you can download it and hopefully post it to your blog. I am still working on the posting part. The basics of the ride were; 32 miles, 2 hours, 16.2 mph (not bad for a hilly first day), and 1700 calories burned. I have to say that I felt great riding, very surprising for the first day out. After the ride we went to Boxborough for another egg hunt, then on to Plymouth for yet another egg hunt with Jordan's cousins. Her cousins were very helpful and let Jordan find all the 'easy' eggs. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.

First Day Outside

Not the Bike I planned on riding today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



My co-pilot. I told her the ball was extra weight.

Finally.... First day on the bike outside. Unfortunately it was on Annie's Mt Bike with Jordan riding shotgun. We rode approximately 10 miles with a stop at "Grampy's" on the way. We saw some sheep (or Lambs as Jordan said). The best part of the ride was the last mile when Jordan fell asleep in her seat. I'm not really sure how that is possible but she did it.

Well I am back for another year of riding and raising money for the PMC. Yep, doing it again. I think that once you sign on, you are hooked for life. This year my team (Team Lick Cancer) is riding for a Charlotte O'Shea. Charlotte is a little girl from Harvard that is currently battling cancer. She turned six yesterday and had a big party! She is the reason we get on our bikes each week. She is the reason that we ride in the rain, that we knock on doors, and that we ask for your donations. We need to find a cure, quickly, so a six year old girl and her family can look forward to many more birthdays.

Tomorrow will be my first ride on my bike. I got a new Garmin GPS for my bike so hopefully I can download my ride to this blog.



Good night.